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taws

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Noun, Noun Plural
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CIDE DICTIONARY
taws, n. [See Taw to beat.].
     A leather lash, or other instrument of punishment, used by a schoolmaster.  [1913 Webster]
    "Never use the taws when a gloom can do the turn."  [1913 Webster]
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
taws, n. (also tawse) Sc. hist. a thong with a slit end formerly used in schools for punishing children.

Etymology
app. pl. of obs. taw tawed leather, f. TAW(1)
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